Table and like article.



W. A. DUNLAP.

TABLE AND LIKE ARTICLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21. 1912.

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I I allIlVENTOR COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CO.,WI\SH1NGTON, D. C.

IWILLIAM A. DUNLAP, F PITTS URGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

TABLE AND LIKE ARTICLE specification of Letters Patent. P t nt d Nov, 30, 1915.

Application filed'May 27, 1912. Serial No. 639,898.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. DUN- LAP, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, a citizen of the United States, have invented or discovered certain new and useful Improvements in Tables and like Articles, of which improvements the following is a specification;

It is the object of the invention to provide a table, or similar article of furniture, composed of separable individual members, which may easily be assembled and rigidly secured together, and which may with equal facility be taken apart when desired. The several parts of the table are preferably formed of pressed metal, and they may be covered with a smooth, impervious coating of enamel, so that the table may be used with advantage where absolute cleanliness and sanitation are particularly desirable.

In the accompanying drawings there is shown a table embodying the invention.

Figure 1 is a view of the assembled table in elevation. Fig. 2 is a sectional view. looking upwardly, on the line IIII of Fig. 1; Fig. 8 is a detail view on a some what larger scale; Fig. 4 is a sectional view. looking downwardly, on the line IV IV of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a similar view on the line VV of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a detail view, on a larger scale, showing a modification in the form of the locking-member; Fig. 7 is a horizontal section on the line VII-VII of Fig. 6; Fig. 8 is adetail view of the edge of the top-member and the end. of one of the legs, as shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 9 is a view looking upwardly on the line IX-IX of Fig. 8; Figs. 10 and 11 are similar views showing a modification; Figs. 12 and 13 are similar views showing' another modification.

The top 1 of the table is shown as formed of a single sheet of metal, having a depending rim 2, the lower edge 2 of which may be bent or beaded inwardly to form a seat for theupper ends of the legs of the table. The legs 3 are formed of strips of metal having their upper and lower portions bent divergingly from their central portions, and for purposes of strength the opposite edges of the strips are bent to form beads 3 In order to hold the legs in proper relation a spacing-member 4 is provided, which may be in the form of a disk as shown, having of the legs 3.

upwardly-bent lugs 5 detachably held in slots 6 cut in the beads 3 of the legs 3.

'Iheupper ends of the legs 3 are adapted to bear against the inner face of the flange 2 of the top, and are shown as provided withlips 7 seated upon the beads 2 on the edge of the flange. In order to hold the upper ends of the legs firmly against their seats in the top of the table, a locking-member is provided, which may be in the form of an adjustable disk 8 bearing against the upper curved portions of the legs 3 with a wedging action which forces the ends of the legs outwardly against the flange 2. The bearing portions of the disk 8 may be slotted, as shown at 8 to fit the beads 3 with upwardly extending wings 8, shaped to fit the legs, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. In order to adjust and hold the disk 8 in firm binding contact with the legs 3, a tension-member is provided, which is here shown as a bolt 9, passing through the disks 8 and 4. At its upper end this bolt is provided with a nut or head 10 and washer 11 bearing upon the upper face of the disk 8, and at its threaded lower end with a thumbnut 12 adapted to bear against the under face of the disk 4. By turning the thumbnut 12 the adjustable locking-member 8 may be drawn to a firm wedging engagement with legs 3, and will thereby spread and hold the upper ends of the legs in firm bearing upon their seats under the top 1.

In Figs. 10 and 11 there is shown a modified form for the upper ends 8f the legs, the end of the strip from which the leg is formed being widened and bent upwardly to form laterally projecting wings 1.3 nested between the bead 2 and the flat top 1. This construction is of advantage in that it affords better resistance to torsional strain upon the legs.

In Figs. 12 and 13 the top-member is shown as provided with lugs 14 to receive the ends of the legs.

While I have herein shown and described one embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that the form and arrangement of the parts may be varied by those skilled in the art without departure from the substance of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

LAn article of furniture comprising in combination, a metallic top member having Or the disk may be provided 7 spacing member.

2. An article of furniture comprising in combination, a top member having a depending peripheral flange, a plurality of detached legs formed of strips of metal havmy hand.

- \VILLIAM A. DUN LAP. WVitnesses:

-FRANGIS J. ToMAssoN,

FRIEDA E. WOLFE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for 'fiveeents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. C. 

